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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-11-03

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. J .... f If: - . . r" v.- . , ; ; ; . ... -. j . ! ' . , . -f i 'iii 'in vm in i jii'j"MjJiiLf'-1.1.!' .'i ". ".'-"."IT. -"- '. 3 MilJttfc-."! "r ' ' JU1"" '"'"'"""J' immmmmm mifmmmimwmmmmmmmmmimmmmm -yg1 "j'A"1 2lmtwtm!"!!!'T mmHV mmm 1 f j,1 . . All WJ3M11 i i, 1 A .i S 7 1 ' i ' ' J ' ' ' " - 1 -" ' " " I 1 ' ti- J ' ' ! . I 1 6 h Sr. M Kl. K F . J-."! J1 L "J--JSmSHU'lU -LLJJ .' Iiom' VEttNOX IIEPICLICAN. '" ' ' ' T E II M S 'or ono year (invariably in advanoe)62,00 tor on nontli. t , ' xw TERMS OF ADVKl'.TJSTKO nc hjuiiro, 3 weeks, ; t , i One gquure. 3 months, , . Y Ono Bquiirc, 0 niontlm, , r1 :( One square, 1 year, ' !)no.iii jare (hnnjj;Hle monthly) '1,00 , 8.00 4,50 . 6,00 10,00 15,00 "ChinKaiihlo weekly, Two squares, 8 vrctikp, Two equarcs, 0 weeks, Two squnrcB, 8 month, ,fwo.i(rturoi, (vtnontlffl, ' R,25 6,25 0,75 '8,00 '2,50 4,50 '.',6,00 V li : "Twin' li-ival 1 mnr. i " 3 !.S 'J'lirfla'sauiires. !1 weeks. ' ' iVdnares,' ft weeks, V jquurcMS.inotitlm, 3 ciuaroa, 0 montlix, J nrec ci '8,00 1 hree (iuarcs, 1 year, 10,00 One-fourth column, chun. quarterly, 15,00 One-third ' " '! 22.00 One-half, " ' 28,00 One coU'fuin. clinngwlile quarterly, &P,00 - 10 JBelccf1 Poctg ; , A BOB-WILED CAT.'" i v-;:'.'..i Felix' Tnirafix! ucjifotunatc,', "i r i'-1 '1! ''''With' imry narnjtjycl; z'. i . y k i , ' Cnubt tii'Ju a tail relate, ' fi i ' qi .. i , Thy .luil end taniq(to 1o tliiUfiAio.i,Mii 1 oruiinalo Didst wear Uff by; ! J.!'" As' do Clio rabbitsF1 ' ."Didst'gba . h-i rtj'-i i.i. :t ' -.1 A . .I' lfliuiij; wfiu ii, . ; : WJBliin.nwith it, -j 1 .iT.V'bob'" for catfish, V Vr. - And get bobod thyself? J" J;; V M (jursCg'on thai fish! ' , .. t 'vwtlT7 A'iWl8t loosailii liittoahood"' 1 , . f j; !n SV1; 'iawing i t, i - Or gaily pur.suij i' Jl-'- ' knnt , ... ,v? ,c ",'.'-. .From thywift circut? .' " ( " "jDiil ou brother Grayback vAni howling k ... . Ja nocturnal atrifevx J t ,-, - ' r . opining, anu gttrving, - Cuneing and aweariug,' . j ''irfi R'ppingaod tearingj jx CaUidj thifaMige .tail" Aobreviating thy pufSx? ': r'lteetyer. f- t.j t j li Ju' 6oy,e slight flirtation, ' A ad ufttr on uc If. lecture, i Bite off thy teninnationi' . Aod wrvc yerr'?ht? tf . - Did some mischievous boy, ' Some oarlrarous boy, Kliminate thy finis? ' (Proltubly!) ' ; , '-The 'wretch! ft"? Vha Villianl V -i- f '4 Cruolly spillin' : Thy innocent bloodl . . i . . ' , ' Furiously si-ratch him v Where,r yer may catch himl Well, Hob, two courses are left, Since, th.us.of your tair-you are bereft: t ' I Tgll your"riods that by letter ... 1 ,"'n?Vv' t,f I I jtYmi' liavc lea mod the style there i,-i -vT6"wear'1lho 'tail short, I And the briefer the' better, '. Such is the paasion, ; That every GSmalkin will " Follow your fashion. Or else. ' " J ' -If.thf.V faugh at.t.o .stump : '"''You wag at a rump, are retailed, Thorc are fur shops at whi-;h cat-skins : ' Jluary t)ff, Itobert.Caudy an BE tailed. , .., For the RtpubUin. GEonar-TOWN, Aug. 4, 186. ; My Dear Frank: In my last, I promiued to tell you why I did not marry Ophelia,. In brief,, let me ' relato the wholo story. "Ophelia S., was charming girl, without beiog positively handsome, there was: a eertain attraction about her that captivated all whe camo within the mngip circle of her acquaintance.' She Jiad a form perfect as a "Venus;" elear tliio nrkling eyes, dark chesnut curls, and the fweetest smilo that ever thrilled a lover., ,. ' " '? .;( Jl'cr parents resided in '0J cortain town in tho interior of one of the , western States, which tor tho convenience of my story I shall call Montfarn. . When a child, he bad been adopted in the family of her grand parents, who resided in the vicinity of a small country village, twenty -miles from 'MoDtfern ''' - '"' . I had been spending a --few-days at Montfern at a friends, where I lint met Ophelia. I ex)n learned, .that,' all "un 'oosoious of how or why I was deeply in live with W, and yet I bad . scarcely spoken to her. -1 Wag spell ; bound, and wten tho time camo for her to return to her lather's, I, scarcely- knowing, what 1 did, offered her ray escort. . -Kho accepted, ao l wl:m 1 ieit her at her fathr' door. a 3truug9 foe.iog came Aver me.-&uiaaioioo betrayed her - emotion. , '! Did you told me she would leave in ,th moeuio for hb? hi'ifue i o' tSe Country, but (lid not )0V ovu mJ ttisil 'her there. 1 1 thoiiulit 'there 'Wim. a. tenderness' in lor "cood' ' '4 av.o ue rmmoea tug pressure of my hand at -jwi-tiiig. V Ws it 'tiiticy ,1 returned to my'duties, Lut Oplmliii with Jicr clear blue eyes. Continually hauutud uie. I could neither eat or sleep, ; lor1, she was continually in my , thoughts. . One day, while muting over her lat, " good night," the thought oncured to mo, why not visit her. ' I fairly leaped from uiy chair, overturning a table,und breaking a lamp; but what cured I, for I was going to the country.' ' A ride ot a tow uours, over n delightful road, through valleys aud over hills, brought mo to her residence.. , As 1 alighted from uiy carriage, my 'heart beat." .fearfully .. in anticipation.- Ophelia received me very cordially suul she Was jjud to see mo, and welcomed lue, in a manner that put me entirely ut case; After introducing me tfi her giund parents, wo sat dowu and began lo tulk of our former meeting, the events that had transpired, and as 1 crew animated n tho discourse, I boldly told her why I had como to see hr. " lou have continually been before my eyes,! and l ...could ,thiik ot notiouy but jou -and I drew her to my BiUe, took her baud whicb was not witm drawn. -, r '; " I, to, have thouuht of you she said " and the pleasant hours we possed in Montforn.' ., : ' :, ' ," I' I , have not only thought of you," 'aid I, '; but I love you devotedly, ten- uoriy, ana may I hope tor a return ot my love.". And I drew her close to my side to eaten ncr auswer. She nestled close. bv mv id. nnd our nns met, in tno lirst nurencss ot love. t left her after we had acknowledge our love, promising to writo very often. t As I as soon to start on a tour Knst, to do gone several months, the lusistod upon my coming agaiu bof'oro I sturted and staying a few days with her. I re turned to tho city to perfect my arranue- mcnts, which oceupiod me several weeks, anu tnen went again to see Ophelia'. ' The day had been remarkably fine, and tho sun was iui-t deseendinsr below the horizon, enveloped in , gorgeous colored clouds. As I drew near tho dwelling, Ophelia received me . with oidout de light. , ,. ' Oh , said the, " I feared so ' much you" would not come, and the thought made me leel unhappy. i " Did you doubt my love ?" said I. ' . She interrupted me. , '! No, no,", not for a : moment. "I thought Xif yoUr going away, and staying so long and may be you might not m turn,, or you would forgot your littlo couu try girl Ophelia.'v i'i --- -" Tou liiustiiot let stfch thoughts trouble you,' 1 replb d. f I trust my love for you is too sincere and deep to be so easily eradicafcdv.''hen;Too, I will write often, and so will you, won t you Pet J' " ' "jfea, yes," raid she, And remember, that while you are , away, you -wilj con-stautry be changing and seeing new places, and that "time" will have wings of a golden tint, while F. is a very lonely place, and, in your absence; "time" with me will have wings of an axure hue." " But I Jiall soon return," I said, " and theu shall see you very often." ' But I shall not dwell on the scene of that evening, and the few days that I remained.' By a tacit agreement, we plighted our faith, and I left for the East, teel- lng strangely .happy., lot. 1 could nut forbear a certain dread, ' whenever I thought of being so long uway from her Was it because I hud seen hor start ami become confused nt the sight of a young gentleman I had .seen pass f To satfy my curiosity, I made inquiries concerning him. '- Not that J - doubted her for an instant. - I learned that she had been cngagod to him, but that the engagement had ' been mutually broken. : Believed from all anxiety, aud (rusting implicitly in her love, I left, and started for my eastern visit. Jilacti' WCckTregularly, and often twice a week, I . wrote to Ophelia.- Homo of my letters wcro necessarily short, but not wanting in warmth of feeling or debth of expression. Several weeks rolled round, and onlyoDe answer came. Still I knew it must be by some accident, but as time wore away, and still no Wore letters,. I determined to shorten my visit and return immediately, , as the suspenso becatno in tolerable. .:'.'. v ' ' ' It was late in the day as I found niy-silf again nearing her residence. The sun was just descending to the west, cistinga mellow golden tint, that, like a domo of many colored glass reflects it colo'S upon the earth. It would be difficult to imagine a scene of more beauty. ' It was oue' of those transcendent autumnal sunsets that gives western scenery its peculiar charm Everything around the dwelling scornful to be still as the grave. ' Not eveu the hark of the ever-f'uithful dog greeted me, and I felt a strango dullness come over mo, and a forboding of couiion; evil. Ophelia's grandfather met me aud greeted me with such a cordial welcome, that I began to feel more calm. But why ' did not Ophelia appear, I longed, yet, dreaded to ask, while the old gentlouian qucsiloned me . coDcernioa my journey, aud bowl had enjoyed it. .." . , , , ' Presently" I heard a light step, the rustlisg of a dross, and Ophelia stood before me. Advancing, I took her pro- torod hand, fens scarcely spoke, but seem ed aoBorbcdin her own ttnugubi Alter little a little conversation with her grandtathcr, he left the apartment, and we were-agaiti alone. Oh, what would I have given then to have been far away, if seas had rolled betwcn us.' . I arose, ad-vauecd, took hor hand, and naid,'-Ophelia, what in tho name of gooducss has happened, you dou't seow a l'it glad to see me ?" in ' Why, should T," slie said. But her not promise to':. write,' cud how dioj joa kp that promise?;' ' ; , ; v ; ?Did you. not. receive any letter ?" I said. n k, ' t ..fo aI,.i. i kfzr tnau 1 m ouj.se d. ' - . mount: VEiiNON. oHio Tuesday; ' '" Oh, yes," she replied, k' you did write, aai' in your fir?t letter said t . " If ever I return," implying that you did not expect ever to see me again.. And also, didyohhot say, ," as you would bo traveling, and not iq any oue place, Lut a brief spueo of tiino,. we had better quit corres ponding, and some weeks uftsr did you not ask for a renewal of the correspondence r .- .. . Ji-1 was thunderstruck completely dumbfounded." "Where," I sagely aked, "ure thi letters?" . ; , , i " Be qu'ot,", she said,. " I implore you. I felt so ' hui't,' . deceived and disappointed.' I, in n passion, thougllt'e.ssly del-troifd them.'; . . , . . . Upheliu, said I,." 1 solemnly aeclnrc to y,n, aye, I swear it, I never wrote ( though they may not at once see the wis-sueh letters. By the foul Bonds, there is i .!. . ,, . , . . i i.- i . i .i v. 1 "om of '"e 8tePi 18 8Ur" to Prve all right, some drcadtul mistake, or there bus bceu ,. ' ' -, r .. 6 , foul play to deeeive you. i Do you hear, They say: "When Uncle xVbe removed said I, do you beliovt me, I never, never General McClellaa we thoaght it was a wrote them? I never intended to break mls'ake. but wu have done more aud : bot- my plighted word. Do you bclievo it ?" Oh, ye,' he replied, "Ido. be - lieve you, but it is uow too late." , Too late," said I, " anu why? I toll you I still love you as devotedly as over.". '! But it is toi late." Bhe replied, " for-ovcr too late, for I am ph'yhted to another." Had a thunderclap strufk at my side, I could not have beeu more completely as toundod. This then showed the depth of her love for me. " Yes," continued she, " when I read your letters and fully comprehended their meaniug, I told grandma for you know r -( t i i n. i i aiwnys eonnuo in tier, one asKca me what 1 would do. Do, said I, why get another beau as soon as I can. And last Saturday, George came again, and. uow wo are to be married soon " "To be married," said I. "and then you loved him 'even while yon professed to love me, put quarreled with hun, and as a Pis aller, took mc " iut I never loved him cj I did ycu, but now no power on earth. cau part us.'' jNeed 1 say, (itiort'o was the person that caused luo so much uucasiness. ' I im mediately took my departure, and am uow a wiser and a sadder man. Ever your true friend, - , C1IARDKY MYRTLE.'. THE ABM OF THE POTUMAG. THE SOtDIERS OF THE POTOMAC ARM 7. 'The army is now in fine condition. The men are veterans, with frames of iron; with soldierly habits; with 'a spirit' which is the promise of many glorious deeds. The country has reason to be proud of the Army -of th Potomac. " It. .is composed "in great part of the best blood of tho eastern and middle States: and the New England regiments particularly are1 full of historic h'aiucVr" The but door life of the past two years has given these men a magnificent hardiness of body; they can march their twenty-five and thirty miles per day without groaning; they sleep contentedly upon tho ground, and no hardship or toil can break their spirits. ; They have acquired the art of making themselves romfortable n the field; and thus the soldier life is robbed of half its hardships. "'''' Moreover, they are filled with soldierly traditions. The thousands of instances of bravery and devot ion of which you scarce ly hear at homo, are treasured and handed from mouth to mouth, in our "camps, in spiring all who hear with the greatness of spirit to do and dare as nobly as their brethren. Their colors and their guu are to these soldiers something as sacred aud as dear as their wives and ' t bildren. Id battle you'se'e the men watch tho flag; they follow it with their eyes; they gather rouud it if it is in dauger; they die, by dozens, for the honor of bearing it aloft in the enemy's face, and the last thought of the color-bearers is not for himself but for the safety of his precious charge. A WOUNDED COLOR BEARER . ' A touching incident in the great battle of Gettysburg will show you how this spirit manifests itself The color-scrgcant of the Sixteenth Vermont fell mortally wounded. At once a dozen men rushed up to ' seize the colors and bear them forward. The poor wounded sergeant (whose name I have not been able tr get) grased the staff with both his clenched hands; his eyes were already dimmed with death; he could not see who it was that tried to wrest his charge from him. "Are you friends or enemies?" he cried out "We are friends," was the reply, "give us the col ors. "1 hen, inends said be, "i am mortally wounded, let me hold up the flag till I die" and so sayiug, be fell back doad. Surely, a nobler soldier than, this poor fellow never lived. ' ' This army is no longer a political ma ohiue, MeCIellauisra, never very strong in it, las died out. It was kept alive for some time, mostly from 4 spirit of opposi tion; it baa now no existence. The army is for the country, and for no individual. It fights and lives for the flag at its bead; for the Uniun, which it menus lo see re established, Pel hups the moat jx putar man with us to-day is the President! Thq men h:iv lirrtftfit rnrifii.-onff, in Ilia integrity. in' his determination to maiuUin ','ihaif rights, aud in his superior wisdom rThcy says"Unelo Abe ishout; he's got no axes to grind; nod he looks after as i)t xti that v'ti paid off; when we need shoes, 60 worts aud lushes round UU w eel mum i he thinks of us, aiidlooks uUt for us " He is their great man. Partly (hey have this impression from the numerous evidences they have had of the President's genuine kiudliuess of heart they know, by n.ny experiences, that he feels for and with the common soldier, and that be is especially their friend and defender.! .... . . But partly, too; their confidence in the President arises from a different eruso. They are converts to bis' policy. " They have found that in a number of cases, events have proved his wisdom, and they have come to bclievo thajt whatever he docs, ter fi Utl0g JuderlleVGeuerals, atd csk J .! - . . d,''6,n-, .V'H Resident issued Ins fimaocipaiioni roeiamation we were down on him, but everybody knows now that he djd just right; when he began to arm the blacks we were very mad, but now we say tho more black troops the better." . . Thus time and the course of events have So often vindicated the wisdum of( the President to thcra that they have now the greatest confidence in him and if o this you add the thorough convictions in their minds, that "Uncle Abe" is honest that he spares no pains or efforts to recure ihein every rig t a matter infinitely dear and important to the private soldier you have some index to the feelings ot the great majority of this army town's the President. 1 am sure that if thdnext lVsiiiuut were to be chosen by tho Army of the Potomac. Mr. Linuolu would be re-elec ted by an almost unanimous vote. RELIGIOUS FEELl.N'O IN THE ARMY. , The morals of tho uriny are much higher than many think. Thero aie . rour h fellows in plauty, to be sure; swearingand drinking officers are to be fouud : without searched far; but, there is no lack of pray-iug olfioora and men. 1 kaow many colonels, particularly among the New England troops, who areas pious aa tbby are brave men who never swear at a soldier, ' ami permit no proiuue language to Le used in their camp. 1 know brigadier and major-geuerals of tho same spirit; aud they are among' the bravest aid best soldiers of the army.;'""', , .', '.:.(!' - . ?.v t- If yoij wa't through thJ oumpat night! you may hear soldiers pray ng not merely lor themselves or those at home from whom they have beeu so long absent, but for their country, for the Uuion, for that flag whicb is so deur to them. : I have heard them often.- There is a deep feeling among the men that the hand of Providence is leading them on; that God is thoir great General, and that He watches over the coun try and means, in His :ood time, to restore it to a higher and nobler life, to a pece which shall be luutiug and honorable. Americans of the freo states at least are a curiously thoughtful raee, fond of studying out und reasoning upon the mysterious course by which Providence leads nations and meu. This army lite has developed this spirit, aud our soldiers; seek lor the finger ol - Providence in all that befali them 0: their country. They let neither defeat dishearten nor victory unduly exalt them, but say in their hearts "In God's good time all will be well " Strange fovliugs come over the men when they have been so long away from home, in the midst of dangers and privations, as this army has. Their hearts are sof tened; they have seen, how often! the hand of Providence stretched out to save them from death; they liavo lived near to nature; they have suffered in many ways, but most of all they have suffered Jirougu tiieir absence from home and kindred. I hey like seamen long storm-tossed on a tedioua voyage. I heard sumo time ago a touching sevyj which, may And a place liore. Uu.; JTit ninkt before the crat battle ot ChancoT lorsville a general officer, who had bust ucsa with General Hooker, was walking through his own camp on his way to hca I- quarters, when he beard one of histoldicrp in the darkness, praying earnestly for the Commanding General. Ho prayed that God would make General Hooker circum spect, wise, cajiable for the great work he had to do; be asked that the General migbt have power to guide his grat unny, to lead him to Victory over the enemies of tbe Union; and then he prftyed that God would give General Hooker command over hinnelf thai he might be good and God fearing man, and that iu all things be miuht acknowledge tho will an 1 the power ol God. "''. - Much touehed at ibis prayer of the poor soldier the general officer .alkod on.. In tho course ol the uvcniug be had an op. !ptuD:tjf W iueutiou what ho had hoaru to General hooker. Hooker , is a frauk, no le hcart u feilow, easily moved, and ibis touched bim 10 tho quick. He cover- 'ed b.s face wiih his hands aad s.lentiv wept. NovmiBER ififis; Tho war has not spoiled our : soldiers as as citizens, laey will return to tlVir homes more devoted than ever '- before to their country; nnd their experiences and suffeg'ngs will make them the fitter to set- (le down and discharge their duties in civil life. Those who know our soldiers most ntimately have an fears on that score It is true, they will never like copperheads, and they will never support for office here, after my mnn whose record daring the War shows him to have been a coueillia. tionist, a peace-moueer or. a trifler. Such men as Valiatidigham or Seymour ueed not expect no from the favor bone and siuew of the army when that returns ' to oivil life. But no one will think bardly of thein for this. They cannot help but resent strongly anything which looks like faltering, in a cause for which they have given so touch. ,v ;' -4 t . "Wiien tiuutry or flag is in question, the soldiers of this army kuow only one purty, and that is for country aud flag. In that cause they sluhd VshouMor to shoulder" and face to tbe enemy.- In : that- cause they need no leader 1 to tell them" what course to take. '. They know thntwhen.th enemy is coming the only thing to do is to face bim; aud as one of our regiments would Btuud wbete it is placed - while a man was left, till duly ordered to fall back no matter how dcadl'ul the fire so they expect their fcbow-citizons at homo to stand up for their country. . J, For tb &upnh liem. TJiBEST. '! " , BT COUSIN MARIAN. -Poaling. out upon the startled air, "and waking the bleeping. pliHUULis that, lie couthant in the 'Jai kuess, chimes the clock, awing me into shuddering silence,, with its whispers of ghostly midnight. The mystio moon; from, a liquid sea of uzun, darts glanoing rays-of silver down . among the oerio shadows of this word, slow foot ed grief fraught night, as in utter desolation and brokenness of heart; and toss -the weighty masses of blinding hair from, my brow and lean from my "window's height" lar out into the still hush' of this breathless October air, vainly hoping to quaff from some invisible cistern a uagic draught lha.- shall boothe into transcial forgetfulness-this restlets unsetisfied soul; that ever iu the broad glaro of busy n oon-day, .' lite "" as ' Well ts in the- "uiglit 'mid silence deep," confronts me with the awful interrogatory,1 What,,shajl I..dp with my life?"' And the stern appeal goes up to God, to be answered by the dread Infinito, for strangely appalled, and silent before the - gigantic . Nemesis that rules my wayward Destiny. I sink back in mute helpless resignation, aud ninto unquestioning Despair. "Poor Alma, thou creator of sorrow, the sport of angry billows and adverse winds. I murmur apostrophizing myself through a cloudy maze of metaphysical fancies, resolving the individual "mo" into tne compound "Ego'' and "Alter Ego " Alma Delavnn, as she is to (he world; and Alma, as she is to herself; aud to-night she sits alone working out a grand and intricate problem in the geometry of her life nnd she looks dowu into her heart and sounds new depths in her being, and finds new mysteries, and gets suddenly and irretrievably lost in the eontemphtiou of a strange aud uhl'atbouablo nature, for in ashes and sackcloth and bitur regret, I do unhesitatingly avow that I am a riddle, a sphinx like enigma even to myself, in-eomprehcnsible to many; to others, a being of brilliant and. erratic impulses, yet to whom in moments of desperation I often stand revealed, minus a mask; the stern and cynical micaotbrope, a glittering ice berggranuly beautiful in its solitary sublimity, yet never inimitubly repulsive to toe timid few who look in shuddering awe as they watch me sailing through cold aud desolate Artio seas' of self sufficiency, and r.'peltant haughtiness to the havens where I shall inevitably anchor at last, of complete isolation aud entire disruption of all the fettering social .ies that bind -me here, "a link reluctant oh a fleshy chain " And fur the eerie mghtwinds that shriek by, bring To my listening eur one sigh for the desolate wanderer on her lonely voyage. ...Will she the gay flatterer around i' ash ions bailliant blase, she of the luirole phased huir and eyes of hazel splendor, the buhoiu ineod 01 my achoel girl days, look back upou those powors of vanished brightness with fond regrotfull tenderness? Vv ill her huart throb in unison to the chord of the mighty "miserere," surging in a wild rtsistluss tide, through my soul to-n igbt Will one link of the "electric chain wherewith we are darkly bonud" Fibrate iu the hearts of the chosen few of the old en time, or t t worshipped unhcedinir idol ot the gloomy preseut? Alas! the sileut spirits of tho storm flit on in their spectral march and bring no echo of fond regret or loving remembraace to the "ice-oerg"on ber solidary path. And the) beautilul belle of tho ballroom, radiant in misty ease and gleaming diamonds, but with a heart as coldly eallous as her smile, is bright and warm, dances away tbe fleeting h-mrs, conscious of ne higher aim inhlo tuun the pursuit of gil qou pleasure, aud the conquest of tho niusuchised and moneyed but brainless and heartless ape of foroign natorioty whose milk aud water orbs in "Encfronzy rolling" are ecstatically eulogized by admiring damsels and enthusiastically com pared to the "blue of the summer heavens," or "violets wet wi' dew." And I, with the experience and kocn intuition gained t'j v a'i .ni;a :U :uo tjjo worH, look I over a liJjr wjsw ui.ji vie.s veur ia k to Jie bcrt of the Uiilunt "LaBj y-e,, "Lin dred ano odnirenial spirit, tenderly win ning even - in-their cold and beautiful haughtiness, but far down and hidden jot visible, I see shining out of the lumitmus bazol eves, a soul replete with the most absorbing and enthralling telfinhnrtt. Ah neither -the gny butterfly merri'y winging her thoughtless way over a slimmer sea all foam arid sparkles and brilliancy, her Jhe. proud reticent nature of my passionate admiration tuese- took luvcueu, oumon-ized Gibraltar so grandly sublime in thoir stern aud stutoly heroism as they proudly resist the winds and wavee and undercurrents' of popular opinion and popular prejudice; neither will ver cast ono lingering look. back uiMui tho image of her whoso book has been swallowed up and lost in the engulfing whirlpool of life, a belmloss ship.oil a sliorelttssca! Ah ever since creation .rose out of black, chaos, and the bright, stars .and silver moon looked down u,joq (ho earth.have-they listened to broken vows, and bLhold - broken hearts and lives Markcued. t.nd si'mless fbr Jack . of brotherly counsel and sympathy and kindly , outstretched hands, thnt ebe would risen up.grand and glorious ( structures, landmarks and lighthouses for the toiliiiir ' and. struggling generation to oome. -Ah ! denr. juJiguauuMawr, start not tip mini- potent.wrath with the puerile query troui1 bliug on your-lips,-' Am I my brother's jkeoper?'.'..Isay you are; and lost the sun arise en the jjast day- and behold a broad Uaiu mark upon yonr guilty brow, -look around . up Jn the many despairing masses at your side side -nnd before the - tribunal of your oonscienoo; decide that you certainly are. your' brother's keeper, and go 'uanfully and heroically to work. By your nearty-symparny ana ready aid ln-i'uxe new courage iuto the shrinking heart of some '.'forlorn atidsMpwrecked brother" aud send bin "on Iris wny rejoicing.'? Bono longer a. mere -"looker ou in Venice," but a "Mother-m israol." -1, that speak thus, only speak-from experience, for in the heart of a great city: 'have I lived and toiled and suffered; nut! with pitying ear close Jo. the -great heart' ot humauity,' I have listened to its -mighty pulsations till the Consciousness- of -individual ' insignificance iu this groat aggregate of universal woe, has .shrouded -my soul with' its awful' shadows aud in-sheep desperation I hae striven to Jifi. the black . mantle of this hateful ebscuriiy and- - struggle onward towards a proud eminence which shines down upon me iu.my dreams,- crowned with a guttering temple,- within whose "spacious portals JL behold . a- . bright ' and joyous throng, scarlet robed dud -laurel crowned. beckoning. did. .from this - stifling atmosphere of selfiiihness.. . Envy nd avarice to those purple. realms -of purer air, eld radiant isit.of light cod shade' ' . ' Ucntle .render, . -your -who cvoouine cuviif are pQf.strayuM idly over this page asjOHjr, fei.tjW, . iioey-already conjured up a vision sqme. .pallid seamstress worn and weary .with. daily toil, writing for re? net, dippms ber pen. in the blood of a heart sick and sore at the - barrenness of h r. trap, y.hfe and longing tolling it from her as. .a worthless thing, or some misanthropic, elderly female who finds her moornings cut.and herself launched rather too suddenly from the convenient, landing of "sweet sixteen!', where she hasanoho--ed for tho past twenty years, into the broad current ot old mattfttm, and takes snuff, and consolation in ventingherspleen upon at) mauktnd; or some sentimental, lovesick Araminta Matilda, who -fancies the world all a -hollow mockery, because her Adolphus Augustus took Jano Snrii;- gins to chureh, and forthwith betakes li ,v-selt to hurling various fytrativo infernal machines at tbe devoted bead of tho culprit, in the sliapo of Lutia quotations from h"T spelling book, "Variam et mutable semper," Ac: Yet, deur sanguine reader, you ure inde(ituitely "wida 7 of the mark," in each aud all tf your conjectures. Aima Delavau has the pleasure ot informing you that she is neither the ono nor the other; but certainly young, undeniably beautiful, and very evidently an heir ess. Jl glance around an eieirant arart- ineul, aud my eyes meets everything that can gratify rcfiued aud aesthetic tastes. Uich lace and ruatlinir silk lies heavily over a sorrowful heart. Above my aching brow gleams the pale splendor of diamond ,ind the rose lints of si iamgiubies, and yet i say 1 have "toiled aud sulfered."! Hut it has been the toil of a , ceaselessly active brain, and tbe intenso tortures ot uieutul suffering.' And impelled by this wild unrest, 1 have plunged through tbe whole of Europe, I can scarcely say trav-tUtd for goaded by headlong impulse, 1 have rushed trantically lrom place--to. place, hauute'i by the oue iusaooTdea of escape from the fetters of memory, and yet I have been Prometheus like, chained tomy misery, in gay, lestive don t care Paris I have studied the brilliant ' je ne saisquoi" that wou for me in America, a placet on the topmost crest of Fashion's sparkling bilious, and yet tbe Soul of tbe proud Aima Delavau is bowed iu utUr devolution as she look around ov-r this broad earth and realises that not oue healt rhrebs with love lor her, not ou) cLeorlul hearth glow with genial heat for her. , litis is the stern tact, taxin'g even tbe stoical philo sophy of yowh Ui bear with heroic forti tude. And yet ., "I ditfv to 1 ft Din mjm, Win f-w and anMianUoni (lata Ilrightwilh lei r of inUprilj. KuulTed . lun la lira, ol no U dl, KorirH th tld of bmu miaar." 'Alone to live, alone So die." The spirits of tbe blast shrieks into, my car with de mon lao glee this bitter sentence ot my Fate Ihe waves broaa on the loug gray . beach and ratcbiuv the rcfraiu shout it to tbe listening stars and they glitter on with a solemn calmncse that id naught, but mock ery of my restless woe. And tho sun aud tho planets and the infinite hot of heaven move ou in their stately march and sill things lorreslrial and eelci.Lial pursue their jvmi'e p-i.in:niiK, 1 armess. unconrioufl, rx iioe, ibiu -a Ltuuaa heart is bra- lad babold tti form end -fo-f my NO I ing or has broken in their charge," ' And this is the tale of a wild -unrest that i slowly but surely eating sway witfi Canker' torch, the brightness, tho beauty, arid the? greenness of life. Is fficrs, oh! is tl- vo among the world gay reelc'fs one Weary fellow traveller up(i whose broV sits black shailcof bare to whom my dark word' painting" speaks stale oftir own dreaf disnral life? "No, No"- Indiehantlf etv laims the masculine Public, "we have no eytupsthy wilb seattmentally forlorndaiu-- sels who fancy they have a grief to hide, au aching void to fill," and unrelentingly poured upon weary E1U iters and village newspapers, as a sort of escape valve for the superfluous wrath, engendered by constant coOtcmpfatioa ot their fancial woes, "Sissie 1 yonr liter iaf affected, you bad better take some qui n!n nd goto bed." And with the above as toundmu declaration, tbe 'afmunaiil .n- culinity suddenly discovers sotne other in-eresting "ol ject of charity ."while I easily entrenched behind tho, friendly wask of aft jucoji&itoi listen in sileuce to the alit-tcriug sarcasm of .1 all this sonorous ehv quence with e bitterly satirical smilo upon my lips at the pompous absurdities ami swelling bombast, slowly but surcly.travef. mg to tne eoncluaion, that after all its nothing but gut. r - Dralnlagcof the Htfmaa Sistwa . "injnrlous. v Rev, W. Arnot of Glasgow recently lectured before the; London Young Mon' Christian Association od the 'subject ef high farming. ; After expatiating on the bonyflccnt drainage of the earth, ho ingeniously introduced the mischievous drain- ago of man. Refariag to the drain tiles used by farmers, Lo said, ''These clay tiles are better than bread; they 'are broad makers. There is poetry iu h'at pile of, drain tiles. . There is life in ' tbe coarse red clay pipes, constructed for "tie purpose of carrying needless water 6ut os the earth; revernce them v Tbefo is'" a?ath in tbe smooth white clay pipes -coAstrueted for the purpose aonvcying! 'needless snioke into human, bodies; hatetnom with all your beat. The red pipes 'laid into-the ground draw off morbid moisture, and leave tba field, waving alLorer with yellow g'rain; the white pipes introduced iute tha mouth'drains away tEe juices of lUf, Jeave-ing bohind sunken eyes,' sallow cheeks and pithless limbwi." Smoakers", a word iu yonr mis; That satTva whiou yon draw ab uers:IIy f,-o:a tho pores of your cheeks and squirt upon the , grounds-some, tiiw?, wh'ea the winf !' contrary, 00 ma iJut ealiv-aii th driuk -ff hieh yoM Makar has Triply and mercifully provided, and which your stomach absolutely needs in.' order that It may convert your feod into blood and flesh and bones. Tha precious liquor is ; needed in your own body, and is not needed on our floors and' railway oarraigea. ; It hurts you to waste it, and it is not agreeable to us to get it.', " - ; ' - I Slam sctrrcb-r,'. . The slaves in the Dutch .colony ofSu rinam, numbering about 45000 of the total population of fll'000," 'were emancipated July 1, recording to fJ: law passed by tbe Jea;.ii!ature of Holland' August S,, 18tt2. When tlioneffs of their approaching free dota was told to them, as they wore assembled ai cliurck, by one of tha Woraviaa missionriea, thousrh tl'cy eonld creViously scarcely believe it, baviog been so-often ' deccivod by the Whites, they received it with touching tot and ' thanks to Gci. Seveial of the K.tire assisuiuts of the missionaries desired the chief magistrate to th e k i n g t h rough t h c go vornor, any i n g that they would endeavor to prove that the liber tv promised them should not bo.abnsed and that when free liiey would earn their bread and support their families faithfully and desired permission to send theit children at once to school. More thao half of the. uogreos belong W ' tbe Moravian church. - When will the, get through sneering at the homoeopath ists we should like td know? The disciples of tbe infinitesimal dose system have been obliged to stand ad infinite doal of ridicule, none mure unbear able, we should judge, than - this ' satirical receipt for making homseptie soup; Take two starved pigeons, hang them by a staiog in the kitchen windotf, so that the sun will cast the shadow ol tbe pigeons into au irop jot already 'on the fire, and' Which will hold tva gr.iod of water; boil the eVadoy over a tlow - fire for ten hours;. aud ihuu give tlu patient oue drop glass of water every day.' ; . A moH CoHPLiMENT.r-An assomnlish ' ed English lady, in a recent eoatributinit bocdd to find a geatlomanwhu should ai-1-me id any lik'.lo difficulties ef travel, or ' sbow hie akiudpess with tho eonsideratiofl for a woman at a tco.itaa whi h is the true toncjof manly courtesy, then I should desire to End a North American gentleman. Iney are bimplo t'te meat kind and courteous of any people.''. ! ' practical Auprcdailon- ; A corTPpondnntot a dai!y paper in No " York writes that it is a remarkable f.tct that directly after Ihe occupation of ifash- villc by tho Union forces, there began aC ' cace ts open school for fremteUtt. II a was told by a bookscllf.r there, that he soil more fix:!hiir I'Ooks 111 a uliort tnua d l more spelling I'ooks 1 4Xu be bud iioa btfore iu jcats. I ' f 1 i, ; i 1 - ) i" i ' 1" if-Ii v. ! I Jl V . 1 1' ) i.

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' ' iVdnares,' ft weeks, V jquurcMS.inotitlm, 3 ciuaroa, 0 montlix, J nrec ci '8,00 1 hree (iuarcs, 1 year, 10,00 One-fourth column, chun. quarterly, 15,00 One-third ' " '! 22.00 One-half, " ' 28,00 One coU'fuin. clinngwlile quarterly, &P,00 - 10 JBelccf1 Poctg ; , A BOB-WILED CAT.'" i v-;:'.'..i Felix' Tnirafix! ucjifotunatc,', "i r i'-1 '1! ''''With' imry narnjtjycl; z'. i . y k i , ' Cnubt tii'Ju a tail relate, ' fi i ' qi .. i , Thy .luil end taniq(to 1o tliiUfiAio.i,Mii 1 oruiinalo Didst wear Uff by; ! J.!'" As' do Clio rabbitsF1 ' ."Didst'gba . h-i rtj'-i i.i. :t ' -.1 A . .I' lfliuiij; wfiu ii, . ; : WJBliin.nwith it, -j 1 .iT.V'bob'" for catfish, V Vr. - And get bobod thyself? J" J;; V M (jursCg'on thai fish! ' , .. t 'vwtlT7 A'iWl8t loosailii liittoahood"' 1 , . f j; !n SV1; 'iawing i t, i - Or gaily pur.suij i' Jl-'- ' knnt , ... ,v? ,c ",'.'-. .From thywift circut? .' " ( " "jDiil ou brother Grayback vAni howling k ... . Ja nocturnal atrifevx J t ,-, - ' r . opining, anu gttrving, - Cuneing and aweariug,' . j ''irfi R'ppingaod tearingj jx CaUidj thifaMige .tail" Aobreviating thy pufSx? ': r'lteetyer. f- t.j t j li Ju' 6oy,e slight flirtation, ' A ad ufttr on uc If. lecture, i Bite off thy teninnationi' . Aod wrvc yerr'?ht? tf . - Did some mischievous boy, ' Some oarlrarous boy, Kliminate thy finis? ' (Proltubly!) ' ; , '-The 'wretch! ft"? Vha Villianl V -i- f '4 Cruolly spillin' : Thy innocent bloodl . . i . . ' , ' Furiously si-ratch him v Where,r yer may catch himl Well, Hob, two courses are left, Since, th.us.of your tair-you are bereft: t ' I Tgll your"riods that by letter ... 1 ,"'n?Vv' t,f I I jtYmi' liavc lea mod the style there i,-i -vT6"wear'1lho 'tail short, I And the briefer the' better, '. Such is the paasion, ; That every GSmalkin will " Follow your fashion. Or else. ' " J ' -If.thf.V faugh at.t.o .stump : '"''You wag at a rump, are retailed, Thorc are fur shops at whi-;h cat-skins : ' Jluary t)ff, Itobert.Caudy an BE tailed. , .., For the RtpubUin. GEonar-TOWN, Aug. 4, 186. ; My Dear Frank: In my last, I promiued to tell you why I did not marry Ophelia,. In brief,, let me ' relato the wholo story. "Ophelia S., was charming girl, without beiog positively handsome, there was: a eertain attraction about her that captivated all whe camo within the mngip circle of her acquaintance.' She Jiad a form perfect as a "Venus;" elear tliio nrkling eyes, dark chesnut curls, and the fweetest smilo that ever thrilled a lover., ,. ' " '? .;( Jl'cr parents resided in '0J cortain town in tho interior of one of the , western States, which tor tho convenience of my story I shall call Montfarn. . When a child, he bad been adopted in the family of her grand parents, who resided in the vicinity of a small country village, twenty -miles from 'MoDtfern ''' - '"' . I had been spending a --few-days at Montfern at a friends, where I lint met Ophelia. I ex)n learned, .that,' all "un 'oosoious of how or why I was deeply in live with W, and yet I bad . scarcely spoken to her. -1 Wag spell ; bound, and wten tho time camo for her to return to her lather's, I, scarcely- knowing, what 1 did, offered her ray escort. . -Kho accepted, ao l wl:m 1 ieit her at her fathr' door. a 3truug9 foe.iog came Aver me.-&uiaaioioo betrayed her - emotion. , '! Did you told me she would leave in ,th moeuio for hb? hi'ifue i o' tSe Country, but (lid not )0V ovu mJ ttisil 'her there. 1 1 thoiiulit 'there 'Wim. a. tenderness' in lor "cood' ' '4 av.o ue rmmoea tug pressure of my hand at -jwi-tiiig. V Ws it 'tiiticy ,1 returned to my'duties, Lut Oplmliii with Jicr clear blue eyes. Continually hauutud uie. I could neither eat or sleep, ; lor1, she was continually in my , thoughts. . One day, while muting over her lat, " good night," the thought oncured to mo, why not visit her. ' I fairly leaped from uiy chair, overturning a table,und breaking a lamp; but what cured I, for I was going to the country.' ' A ride ot a tow uours, over n delightful road, through valleys aud over hills, brought mo to her residence.. , As 1 alighted from uiy carriage, my 'heart beat." .fearfully .. in anticipation.- Ophelia received me very cordially suul she Was jjud to see mo, and welcomed lue, in a manner that put me entirely ut case; After introducing me tfi her giund parents, wo sat dowu and began lo tulk of our former meeting, the events that had transpired, and as 1 crew animated n tho discourse, I boldly told her why I had como to see hr. " lou have continually been before my eyes,! and l ...could ,thiik ot notiouy but jou -and I drew her to my BiUe, took her baud whicb was not witm drawn. -, r '; " I, to, have thouuht of you she said " and the pleasant hours we possed in Montforn.' ., : ' :, ' ," I' I , have not only thought of you," 'aid I, '; but I love you devotedly, ten- uoriy, ana may I hope tor a return ot my love.". And I drew her close to my side to eaten ncr auswer. She nestled close. bv mv id. nnd our nns met, in tno lirst nurencss ot love. t left her after we had acknowledge our love, promising to writo very often. t As I as soon to start on a tour Knst, to do gone several months, the lusistod upon my coming agaiu bof'oro I sturted and staying a few days with her. I re turned to tho city to perfect my arranue- mcnts, which oceupiod me several weeks, anu tnen went again to see Ophelia'. ' The day had been remarkably fine, and tho sun was iui-t deseendinsr below the horizon, enveloped in , gorgeous colored clouds. As I drew near tho dwelling, Ophelia received me . with oidout de light. , ,. ' Oh , said the, " I feared so ' much you" would not come, and the thought made me leel unhappy. i " Did you doubt my love ?" said I. ' . She interrupted me. , '! No, no,", not for a : moment. "I thought Xif yoUr going away, and staying so long and may be you might not m turn,, or you would forgot your littlo couu try girl Ophelia.'v i'i --- -" Tou liiustiiot let stfch thoughts trouble you,' 1 replb d. f I trust my love for you is too sincere and deep to be so easily eradicafcdv.''hen;Too, I will write often, and so will you, won t you Pet J' " ' "jfea, yes," raid she, And remember, that while you are , away, you -wilj con-stautry be changing and seeing new places, and that "time" will have wings of a golden tint, while F. is a very lonely place, and, in your absence; "time" with me will have wings of an axure hue." " But I Jiall soon return," I said, " and theu shall see you very often." ' But I shall not dwell on the scene of that evening, and the few days that I remained.' By a tacit agreement, we plighted our faith, and I left for the East, teel- lng strangely .happy., lot. 1 could nut forbear a certain dread, ' whenever I thought of being so long uway from her Was it because I hud seen hor start ami become confused nt the sight of a young gentleman I had .seen pass f To satfy my curiosity, I made inquiries concerning him. '- Not that J - doubted her for an instant. - I learned that she had been cngagod to him, but that the engagement had ' been mutually broken. : Believed from all anxiety, aud (rusting implicitly in her love, I left, and started for my eastern visit. Jilacti' WCckTregularly, and often twice a week, I . wrote to Ophelia.- Homo of my letters wcro necessarily short, but not wanting in warmth of feeling or debth of expression. Several weeks rolled round, and onlyoDe answer came. Still I knew it must be by some accident, but as time wore away, and still no Wore letters,. I determined to shorten my visit and return immediately, , as the suspenso becatno in tolerable. .:'.'. v ' ' ' It was late in the day as I found niy-silf again nearing her residence. The sun was just descending to the west, cistinga mellow golden tint, that, like a domo of many colored glass reflects it colo'S upon the earth. It would be difficult to imagine a scene of more beauty. ' It was oue' of those transcendent autumnal sunsets that gives western scenery its peculiar charm Everything around the dwelling scornful to be still as the grave. ' Not eveu the hark of the ever-f'uithful dog greeted me, and I felt a strango dullness come over mo, and a forboding of couiion; evil. Ophelia's grandfather met me aud greeted me with such a cordial welcome, that I began to feel more calm. But why ' did not Ophelia appear, I longed, yet, dreaded to ask, while the old gentlouian qucsiloned me . coDcernioa my journey, aud bowl had enjoyed it. .." . , , , ' Presently" I heard a light step, the rustlisg of a dross, and Ophelia stood before me. Advancing, I took her pro- torod hand, fens scarcely spoke, but seem ed aoBorbcdin her own ttnugubi Alter little a little conversation with her grandtathcr, he left the apartment, and we were-agaiti alone. Oh, what would I have given then to have been far away, if seas had rolled betwcn us.' . I arose, ad-vauecd, took hor hand, and naid,'-Ophelia, what in tho name of gooducss has happened, you dou't seow a l'it glad to see me ?" in ' Why, should T," slie said. But her not promise to':. write,' cud how dioj joa kp that promise?;' ' ; , ; v ; ?Did you. not. receive any letter ?" I said. n k, ' t ..fo aI,.i. i kfzr tnau 1 m ouj.se d. ' - . mount: VEiiNON. oHio Tuesday; ' '" Oh, yes," she replied, k' you did write, aai' in your fir?t letter said t . " If ever I return," implying that you did not expect ever to see me again.. And also, didyohhot say, ," as you would bo traveling, and not iq any oue place, Lut a brief spueo of tiino,. we had better quit corres ponding, and some weeks uftsr did you not ask for a renewal of the correspondence r .- .. . Ji-1 was thunderstruck completely dumbfounded." "Where," I sagely aked, "ure thi letters?" . ; , , i " Be qu'ot,", she said,. " I implore you. I felt so ' hui't,' . deceived and disappointed.' I, in n passion, thougllt'e.ssly del-troifd them.'; . . , . . . Upheliu, said I,." 1 solemnly aeclnrc to y,n, aye, I swear it, I never wrote ( though they may not at once see the wis-sueh letters. By the foul Bonds, there is i .!. . ,, . , . . i i.- i . i .i v. 1 "om of '"e 8tePi 18 8Ur" to Prve all right, some drcadtul mistake, or there bus bceu ,. ' ' -, r .. 6 , foul play to deeeive you. i Do you hear, They say: "When Uncle xVbe removed said I, do you beliovt me, I never, never General McClellaa we thoaght it was a wrote them? I never intended to break mls'ake. but wu have done more aud : bot- my plighted word. Do you bclievo it ?" Oh, ye,' he replied, "Ido. be - lieve you, but it is uow too late." , Too late," said I, " anu why? I toll you I still love you as devotedly as over.". '! But it is toi late." Bhe replied, " for-ovcr too late, for I am ph'yhted to another." Had a thunderclap strufk at my side, I could not have beeu more completely as toundod. This then showed the depth of her love for me. " Yes," continued she, " when I read your letters and fully comprehended their meaniug, I told grandma for you know r -( t i i n. i i aiwnys eonnuo in tier, one asKca me what 1 would do. Do, said I, why get another beau as soon as I can. And last Saturday, George came again, and. uow wo are to be married soon " "To be married," said I. "and then you loved him 'even while yon professed to love me, put quarreled with hun, and as a Pis aller, took mc " iut I never loved him cj I did ycu, but now no power on earth. cau part us.'' jNeed 1 say, (itiort'o was the person that caused luo so much uucasiness. ' I im mediately took my departure, and am uow a wiser and a sadder man. Ever your true friend, - , C1IARDKY MYRTLE.'. THE ABM OF THE POTUMAG. THE SOtDIERS OF THE POTOMAC ARM 7. 'The army is now in fine condition. The men are veterans, with frames of iron; with soldierly habits; with 'a spirit' which is the promise of many glorious deeds. The country has reason to be proud of the Army -of th Potomac. " It. .is composed "in great part of the best blood of tho eastern and middle States: and the New England regiments particularly are1 full of historic h'aiucVr" The but door life of the past two years has given these men a magnificent hardiness of body; they can march their twenty-five and thirty miles per day without groaning; they sleep contentedly upon tho ground, and no hardship or toil can break their spirits. ; They have acquired the art of making themselves romfortable n the field; and thus the soldier life is robbed of half its hardships. "'''' Moreover, they are filled with soldierly traditions. The thousands of instances of bravery and devot ion of which you scarce ly hear at homo, are treasured and handed from mouth to mouth, in our "camps, in spiring all who hear with the greatness of spirit to do and dare as nobly as their brethren. Their colors and their guu are to these soldiers something as sacred aud as dear as their wives and ' t bildren. Id battle you'se'e the men watch tho flag; they follow it with their eyes; they gather rouud it if it is in dauger; they die, by dozens, for the honor of bearing it aloft in the enemy's face, and the last thought of the color-bearers is not for himself but for the safety of his precious charge. A WOUNDED COLOR BEARER . ' A touching incident in the great battle of Gettysburg will show you how this spirit manifests itself The color-scrgcant of the Sixteenth Vermont fell mortally wounded. At once a dozen men rushed up to ' seize the colors and bear them forward. The poor wounded sergeant (whose name I have not been able tr get) grased the staff with both his clenched hands; his eyes were already dimmed with death; he could not see who it was that tried to wrest his charge from him. "Are you friends or enemies?" he cried out "We are friends," was the reply, "give us the col ors. "1 hen, inends said be, "i am mortally wounded, let me hold up the flag till I die" and so sayiug, be fell back doad. Surely, a nobler soldier than, this poor fellow never lived. ' ' This army is no longer a political ma ohiue, MeCIellauisra, never very strong in it, las died out. It was kept alive for some time, mostly from 4 spirit of opposi tion; it baa now no existence. The army is for the country, and for no individual. It fights and lives for the flag at its bead; for the Uniun, which it menus lo see re established, Pel hups the moat jx putar man with us to-day is the President! Thq men h:iv lirrtftfit rnrifii.-onff, in Ilia integrity. in' his determination to maiuUin ','ihaif rights, aud in his superior wisdom rThcy says"Unelo Abe ishout; he's got no axes to grind; nod he looks after as i)t xti that v'ti paid off; when we need shoes, 60 worts aud lushes round UU w eel mum i he thinks of us, aiidlooks uUt for us " He is their great man. Partly (hey have this impression from the numerous evidences they have had of the President's genuine kiudliuess of heart they know, by n.ny experiences, that he feels for and with the common soldier, and that be is especially their friend and defender.! .... . . But partly, too; their confidence in the President arises from a different eruso. They are converts to bis' policy. " They have found that in a number of cases, events have proved his wisdom, and they have come to bclievo thajt whatever he docs, ter fi Utl0g JuderlleVGeuerals, atd csk J .! - . . d,''6,n-, .V'H Resident issued Ins fimaocipaiioni roeiamation we were down on him, but everybody knows now that he djd just right; when he began to arm the blacks we were very mad, but now we say tho more black troops the better." . . Thus time and the course of events have So often vindicated the wisdum of( the President to thcra that they have now the greatest confidence in him and if o this you add the thorough convictions in their minds, that "Uncle Abe" is honest that he spares no pains or efforts to recure ihein every rig t a matter infinitely dear and important to the private soldier you have some index to the feelings ot the great majority of this army town's the President. 1 am sure that if thdnext lVsiiiuut were to be chosen by tho Army of the Potomac. Mr. Linuolu would be re-elec ted by an almost unanimous vote. RELIGIOUS FEELl.N'O IN THE ARMY. , The morals of tho uriny are much higher than many think. Thero aie . rour h fellows in plauty, to be sure; swearingand drinking officers are to be fouud : without searched far; but, there is no lack of pray-iug olfioora and men. 1 kaow many colonels, particularly among the New England troops, who areas pious aa tbby are brave men who never swear at a soldier, ' ami permit no proiuue language to Le used in their camp. 1 know brigadier and major-geuerals of tho same spirit; aud they are among' the bravest aid best soldiers of the army.;'""', , .', '.:.(!' - . ?.v t- If yoij wa't through thJ oumpat night! you may hear soldiers pray ng not merely lor themselves or those at home from whom they have beeu so long absent, but for their country, for the Uuion, for that flag whicb is so deur to them. : I have heard them often.- There is a deep feeling among the men that the hand of Providence is leading them on; that God is thoir great General, and that He watches over the coun try and means, in His :ood time, to restore it to a higher and nobler life, to a pece which shall be luutiug and honorable. Americans of the freo states at least are a curiously thoughtful raee, fond of studying out und reasoning upon the mysterious course by which Providence leads nations and meu. This army lite has developed this spirit, aud our soldiers; seek lor the finger ol - Providence in all that befali them 0: their country. They let neither defeat dishearten nor victory unduly exalt them, but say in their hearts "In God's good time all will be well " Strange fovliugs come over the men when they have been so long away from home, in the midst of dangers and privations, as this army has. Their hearts are sof tened; they have seen, how often! the hand of Providence stretched out to save them from death; they liavo lived near to nature; they have suffered in many ways, but most of all they have suffered Jirougu tiieir absence from home and kindred. I hey like seamen long storm-tossed on a tedioua voyage. I heard sumo time ago a touching sevyj which, may And a place liore. Uu.; JTit ninkt before the crat battle ot ChancoT lorsville a general officer, who had bust ucsa with General Hooker, was walking through his own camp on his way to hca I- quarters, when he beard one of histoldicrp in the darkness, praying earnestly for the Commanding General. Ho prayed that God would make General Hooker circum spect, wise, cajiable for the great work he had to do; be asked that the General migbt have power to guide his grat unny, to lead him to Victory over the enemies of tbe Union; and then he prftyed that God would give General Hooker command over hinnelf thai he might be good and God fearing man, and that iu all things be miuht acknowledge tho will an 1 the power ol God. "''. - Much touehed at ibis prayer of the poor soldier the general officer .alkod on.. In tho course ol the uvcniug be had an op. !ptuD:tjf W iueutiou what ho had hoaru to General hooker. Hooker , is a frauk, no le hcart u feilow, easily moved, and ibis touched bim 10 tho quick. He cover- 'ed b.s face wiih his hands aad s.lentiv wept. NovmiBER ififis; Tho war has not spoiled our : soldiers as as citizens, laey will return to tlVir homes more devoted than ever '- before to their country; nnd their experiences and suffeg'ngs will make them the fitter to set- (le down and discharge their duties in civil life. Those who know our soldiers most ntimately have an fears on that score It is true, they will never like copperheads, and they will never support for office here, after my mnn whose record daring the War shows him to have been a coueillia. tionist, a peace-moueer or. a trifler. Such men as Valiatidigham or Seymour ueed not expect no from the favor bone and siuew of the army when that returns ' to oivil life. But no one will think bardly of thein for this. They cannot help but resent strongly anything which looks like faltering, in a cause for which they have given so touch. ,v ;' -4 t . "Wiien tiuutry or flag is in question, the soldiers of this army kuow only one purty, and that is for country aud flag. In that cause they sluhd VshouMor to shoulder" and face to tbe enemy.- In : that- cause they need no leader 1 to tell them" what course to take. '. They know thntwhen.th enemy is coming the only thing to do is to face bim; aud as one of our regiments would Btuud wbete it is placed - while a man was left, till duly ordered to fall back no matter how dcadl'ul the fire so they expect their fcbow-citizons at homo to stand up for their country. . J, For tb &upnh liem. TJiBEST. '! " , BT COUSIN MARIAN. -Poaling. out upon the startled air, "and waking the bleeping. pliHUULis that, lie couthant in the 'Jai kuess, chimes the clock, awing me into shuddering silence,, with its whispers of ghostly midnight. The mystio moon; from, a liquid sea of uzun, darts glanoing rays-of silver down . among the oerio shadows of this word, slow foot ed grief fraught night, as in utter desolation and brokenness of heart; and toss -the weighty masses of blinding hair from, my brow and lean from my "window's height" lar out into the still hush' of this breathless October air, vainly hoping to quaff from some invisible cistern a uagic draught lha.- shall boothe into transcial forgetfulness-this restlets unsetisfied soul; that ever iu the broad glaro of busy n oon-day, .' lite "" as ' Well ts in the- "uiglit 'mid silence deep," confronts me with the awful interrogatory,1 What,,shajl I..dp with my life?"' And the stern appeal goes up to God, to be answered by the dread Infinito, for strangely appalled, and silent before the - gigantic . Nemesis that rules my wayward Destiny. I sink back in mute helpless resignation, aud ninto unquestioning Despair. "Poor Alma, thou creator of sorrow, the sport of angry billows and adverse winds. I murmur apostrophizing myself through a cloudy maze of metaphysical fancies, resolving the individual "mo" into tne compound "Ego'' and "Alter Ego " Alma Delavnn, as she is to (he world; and Alma, as she is to herself; aud to-night she sits alone working out a grand and intricate problem in the geometry of her life nnd she looks dowu into her heart and sounds new depths in her being, and finds new mysteries, and gets suddenly and irretrievably lost in the eontemphtiou of a strange aud uhl'atbouablo nature, for in ashes and sackcloth and bitur regret, I do unhesitatingly avow that I am a riddle, a sphinx like enigma even to myself, in-eomprehcnsible to many; to others, a being of brilliant and. erratic impulses, yet to whom in moments of desperation I often stand revealed, minus a mask; the stern and cynical micaotbrope, a glittering ice berggranuly beautiful in its solitary sublimity, yet never inimitubly repulsive to toe timid few who look in shuddering awe as they watch me sailing through cold aud desolate Artio seas' of self sufficiency, and r.'peltant haughtiness to the havens where I shall inevitably anchor at last, of complete isolation aud entire disruption of all the fettering social .ies that bind -me here, "a link reluctant oh a fleshy chain " And fur the eerie mghtwinds that shriek by, bring To my listening eur one sigh for the desolate wanderer on her lonely voyage. ...Will she the gay flatterer around i' ash ions bailliant blase, she of the luirole phased huir and eyes of hazel splendor, the buhoiu ineod 01 my achoel girl days, look back upou those powors of vanished brightness with fond regrotfull tenderness? Vv ill her huart throb in unison to the chord of the mighty "miserere," surging in a wild rtsistluss tide, through my soul to-n igbt Will one link of the "electric chain wherewith we are darkly bonud" Fibrate iu the hearts of the chosen few of the old en time, or t t worshipped unhcedinir idol ot the gloomy preseut? Alas! the sileut spirits of tho storm flit on in their spectral march and bring no echo of fond regret or loving remembraace to the "ice-oerg"on ber solidary path. And the) beautilul belle of tho ballroom, radiant in misty ease and gleaming diamonds, but with a heart as coldly eallous as her smile, is bright and warm, dances away tbe fleeting h-mrs, conscious of ne higher aim inhlo tuun the pursuit of gil qou pleasure, aud the conquest of tho niusuchised and moneyed but brainless and heartless ape of foroign natorioty whose milk aud water orbs in "Encfronzy rolling" are ecstatically eulogized by admiring damsels and enthusiastically com pared to the "blue of the summer heavens," or "violets wet wi' dew." And I, with the experience and kocn intuition gained t'j v a'i .ni;a :U :uo tjjo worH, look I over a liJjr wjsw ui.ji vie.s veur ia k to Jie bcrt of the Uiilunt "LaBj y-e,, "Lin dred ano odnirenial spirit, tenderly win ning even - in-their cold and beautiful haughtiness, but far down and hidden jot visible, I see shining out of the lumitmus bazol eves, a soul replete with the most absorbing and enthralling telfinhnrtt. Ah neither -the gny butterfly merri'y winging her thoughtless way over a slimmer sea all foam arid sparkles and brilliancy, her Jhe. proud reticent nature of my passionate admiration tuese- took luvcueu, oumon-ized Gibraltar so grandly sublime in thoir stern aud stutoly heroism as they proudly resist the winds and wavee and undercurrents' of popular opinion and popular prejudice; neither will ver cast ono lingering look. back uiMui tho image of her whoso book has been swallowed up and lost in the engulfing whirlpool of life, a belmloss ship.oil a sliorelttssca! Ah ever since creation .rose out of black, chaos, and the bright, stars .and silver moon looked down u,joq (ho earth.have-they listened to broken vows, and bLhold - broken hearts and lives Markcued. t.nd si'mless fbr Jack . of brotherly counsel and sympathy and kindly , outstretched hands, thnt ebe would risen up.grand and glorious ( structures, landmarks and lighthouses for the toiliiiir ' and. struggling generation to oome. -Ah ! denr. juJiguauuMawr, start not tip mini- potent.wrath with the puerile query troui1 bliug on your-lips,-' Am I my brother's jkeoper?'.'..Isay you are; and lost the sun arise en the jjast day- and behold a broad Uaiu mark upon yonr guilty brow, -look around . up Jn the many despairing masses at your side side -nnd before the - tribunal of your oonscienoo; decide that you certainly are. your' brother's keeper, and go 'uanfully and heroically to work. By your nearty-symparny ana ready aid ln-i'uxe new courage iuto the shrinking heart of some '.'forlorn atidsMpwrecked brother" aud send bin "on Iris wny rejoicing.'? Bono longer a. mere -"looker ou in Venice," but a "Mother-m israol." -1, that speak thus, only speak-from experience, for in the heart of a great city: 'have I lived and toiled and suffered; nut! with pitying ear close Jo. the -great heart' ot humauity,' I have listened to its -mighty pulsations till the Consciousness- of -individual ' insignificance iu this groat aggregate of universal woe, has .shrouded -my soul with' its awful' shadows aud in-sheep desperation I hae striven to Jifi. the black . mantle of this hateful ebscuriiy and- - struggle onward towards a proud eminence which shines down upon me iu.my dreams,- crowned with a guttering temple,- within whose "spacious portals JL behold . a- . bright ' and joyous throng, scarlet robed dud -laurel crowned. beckoning. did. .from this - stifling atmosphere of selfiiihness.. . Envy nd avarice to those purple. realms -of purer air, eld radiant isit.of light cod shade' ' . ' Ucntle .render, . -your -who cvoouine cuviif are pQf.strayuM idly over this page asjOHjr, fei.tjW, . iioey-already conjured up a vision sqme. .pallid seamstress worn and weary .with. daily toil, writing for re? net, dippms ber pen. in the blood of a heart sick and sore at the - barrenness of h r. trap, y.hfe and longing tolling it from her as. .a worthless thing, or some misanthropic, elderly female who finds her moornings cut.and herself launched rather too suddenly from the convenient, landing of "sweet sixteen!', where she hasanoho--ed for tho past twenty years, into the broad current ot old mattfttm, and takes snuff, and consolation in ventingherspleen upon at) mauktnd; or some sentimental, lovesick Araminta Matilda, who -fancies the world all a -hollow mockery, because her Adolphus Augustus took Jano Snrii;- gins to chureh, and forthwith betakes li ,v-selt to hurling various fytrativo infernal machines at tbe devoted bead of tho culprit, in the sliapo of Lutia quotations from h"T spelling book, "Variam et mutable semper," Ac: Yet, deur sanguine reader, you ure inde(ituitely "wida 7 of the mark," in each aud all tf your conjectures. Aima Delavau has the pleasure ot informing you that she is neither the ono nor the other; but certainly young, undeniably beautiful, and very evidently an heir ess. Jl glance around an eieirant arart- ineul, aud my eyes meets everything that can gratify rcfiued aud aesthetic tastes. Uich lace and ruatlinir silk lies heavily over a sorrowful heart. Above my aching brow gleams the pale splendor of diamond ,ind the rose lints of si iamgiubies, and yet i say 1 have "toiled aud sulfered."! Hut it has been the toil of a , ceaselessly active brain, and tbe intenso tortures ot uieutul suffering.' And impelled by this wild unrest, 1 have plunged through tbe whole of Europe, I can scarcely say trav-tUtd for goaded by headlong impulse, 1 have rushed trantically lrom place--to. place, hauute'i by the oue iusaooTdea of escape from the fetters of memory, and yet I have been Prometheus like, chained tomy misery, in gay, lestive don t care Paris I have studied the brilliant ' je ne saisquoi" that wou for me in America, a placet on the topmost crest of Fashion's sparkling bilious, and yet tbe Soul of tbe proud Aima Delavau is bowed iu utUr devolution as she look around ov-r this broad earth and realises that not oue healt rhrebs with love lor her, not ou) cLeorlul hearth glow with genial heat for her. , litis is the stern tact, taxin'g even tbe stoical philo sophy of yowh Ui bear with heroic forti tude. And yet ., "I ditfv to 1 ft Din mjm, Win f-w and anMianUoni (lata Ilrightwilh lei r of inUprilj. KuulTed . lun la lira, ol no U dl, KorirH th tld of bmu miaar." 'Alone to live, alone So die." The spirits of tbe blast shrieks into, my car with de mon lao glee this bitter sentence ot my Fate Ihe waves broaa on the loug gray . beach and ratcbiuv the rcfraiu shout it to tbe listening stars and they glitter on with a solemn calmncse that id naught, but mock ery of my restless woe. And tho sun aud tho planets and the infinite hot of heaven move ou in their stately march and sill things lorreslrial and eelci.Lial pursue their jvmi'e p-i.in:niiK, 1 armess. unconrioufl, rx iioe, ibiu -a Ltuuaa heart is bra- lad babold tti form end -fo-f my NO I ing or has broken in their charge," ' And this is the tale of a wild -unrest that i slowly but surely eating sway witfi Canker' torch, the brightness, tho beauty, arid the? greenness of life. Is fficrs, oh! is tl- vo among the world gay reelc'fs one Weary fellow traveller up(i whose broV sits black shailcof bare to whom my dark word' painting" speaks stale oftir own dreaf disnral life? "No, No"- Indiehantlf etv laims the masculine Public, "we have no eytupsthy wilb seattmentally forlorndaiu-- sels who fancy they have a grief to hide, au aching void to fill," and unrelentingly poured upon weary E1U iters and village newspapers, as a sort of escape valve for the superfluous wrath, engendered by constant coOtcmpfatioa ot their fancial woes, "Sissie 1 yonr liter iaf affected, you bad better take some qui n!n nd goto bed." And with the above as toundmu declaration, tbe 'afmunaiil .n- culinity suddenly discovers sotne other in-eresting "ol ject of charity ."while I easily entrenched behind tho, friendly wask of aft jucoji&itoi listen in sileuce to the alit-tcriug sarcasm of .1 all this sonorous ehv quence with e bitterly satirical smilo upon my lips at the pompous absurdities ami swelling bombast, slowly but surcly.travef. mg to tne eoncluaion, that after all its nothing but gut. r - Dralnlagcof the Htfmaa Sistwa . "injnrlous. v Rev, W. Arnot of Glasgow recently lectured before the; London Young Mon' Christian Association od the 'subject ef high farming. ; After expatiating on the bonyflccnt drainage of the earth, ho ingeniously introduced the mischievous drain- ago of man. Refariag to the drain tiles used by farmers, Lo said, ''These clay tiles are better than bread; they 'are broad makers. There is poetry iu h'at pile of, drain tiles. . There is life in ' tbe coarse red clay pipes, constructed for "tie purpose of carrying needless water 6ut os the earth; revernce them v Tbefo is'" a?ath in tbe smooth white clay pipes -coAstrueted for the purpose aonvcying! 'needless snioke into human, bodies; hatetnom with all your beat. The red pipes 'laid into-the ground draw off morbid moisture, and leave tba field, waving alLorer with yellow g'rain; the white pipes introduced iute tha mouth'drains away tEe juices of lUf, Jeave-ing bohind sunken eyes,' sallow cheeks and pithless limbwi." Smoakers", a word iu yonr mis; That satTva whiou yon draw ab uers:IIy f,-o:a tho pores of your cheeks and squirt upon the , grounds-some, tiiw?, wh'ea the winf !' contrary, 00 ma iJut ealiv-aii th driuk -ff hieh yoM Makar has Triply and mercifully provided, and which your stomach absolutely needs in.' order that It may convert your feod into blood and flesh and bones. Tha precious liquor is ; needed in your own body, and is not needed on our floors and' railway oarraigea. ; It hurts you to waste it, and it is not agreeable to us to get it.', " - ; ' - I Slam sctrrcb-r,'. . The slaves in the Dutch .colony ofSu rinam, numbering about 45000 of the total population of fll'000," 'were emancipated July 1, recording to fJ: law passed by tbe Jea;.ii!ature of Holland' August S,, 18tt2. When tlioneffs of their approaching free dota was told to them, as they wore assembled ai cliurck, by one of tha Woraviaa missionriea, thousrh tl'cy eonld creViously scarcely believe it, baviog been so-often ' deccivod by the Whites, they received it with touching tot and ' thanks to Gci. Seveial of the K.tire assisuiuts of the missionaries desired the chief magistrate to th e k i n g t h rough t h c go vornor, any i n g that they would endeavor to prove that the liber tv promised them should not bo.abnsed and that when free liiey would earn their bread and support their families faithfully and desired permission to send theit children at once to school. More thao half of the. uogreos belong W ' tbe Moravian church. - When will the, get through sneering at the homoeopath ists we should like td know? The disciples of tbe infinitesimal dose system have been obliged to stand ad infinite doal of ridicule, none mure unbear able, we should judge, than - this ' satirical receipt for making homseptie soup; Take two starved pigeons, hang them by a staiog in the kitchen windotf, so that the sun will cast the shadow ol tbe pigeons into au irop jot already 'on the fire, and' Which will hold tva gr.iod of water; boil the eVadoy over a tlow - fire for ten hours;. aud ihuu give tlu patient oue drop glass of water every day.' ; . A moH CoHPLiMENT.r-An assomnlish ' ed English lady, in a recent eoatributinit bocdd to find a geatlomanwhu should ai-1-me id any lik'.lo difficulties ef travel, or ' sbow hie akiudpess with tho eonsideratiofl for a woman at a tco.itaa whi h is the true toncjof manly courtesy, then I should desire to End a North American gentleman. Iney are bimplo t'te meat kind and courteous of any people.''. ! ' practical Auprcdailon- ; A corTPpondnntot a dai!y paper in No " York writes that it is a remarkable f.tct that directly after Ihe occupation of ifash- villc by tho Union forces, there began aC ' cace ts open school for fremteUtt. II a was told by a bookscllf.r there, that he soil more fix:!hiir I'Ooks 111 a uliort tnua d l more spelling I'ooks 1 4Xu be bud iioa btfore iu jcats. I ' f 1 i, ; i 1 - ) i" i ' 1" if-Ii v. ! I Jl V . 1 1' ) i.